Rue Saint-Honoré

The rue Saint- Honoré in Paris is one of the oldest streets in the city. It runs parallel to the Rue de Rivoli.

Course

The Rue Saint- Honoré starts at the Rue des Halles 21, crosses in the 1st arrondissement and the 8th arrondissement

• The Quartier des Halles (No. 33-149 and 2-170 )
• The Quartier du Palais- Royal (No. 151-197 and 182-296 )
• The Quartier de la Place Vendôme (No. 199-271 and 298-404 )
• The Quartier de la Madeleine (No. 273-283 and 408-422 )

And ends after 1840 meters at the Rue Royale 14

At its eastern end, she goes to the Rue des Halles about, at its western end in the Rue du Faubourg Saint- Honoré, and is the only locally significant road north of the Seine to Saint- Ouen and Argenteuil before decision on Napoleon ( 1801) was a few meters away replaced by the Rue de Rivoli ( as part of the Grande Axe ) south.

On its 1.8 kilometers, the Rue Saint- Honoré crosses mainly

• Rue du Louvre
• Avenue de l' Opéra
• The Rue de Castiglione ( the Place Vendôme leads )

Your name, the Rue Saint- Honoré. According to the Collegiate Church Saint- Honoré and the monastery of Saint- Honoré, which were located between the Rue Jean -Jacques Rousseau and the Rue des Bons Enfants

History

The Rue Saint- Honoré was originally a simple way to Saint -Ouen, Argenteuil, Le Roule and Neuilly -sur -Seine, and had (due to the curve of the Seine) no national significance. It was only in the 12th century, after the establishment of the buildings began in their development. They extended the Rue de la Ferronerie west and then ended at the Porte Saint - Honoré ( old or new ), from 1634 on Rue Royale. She was in the past the following names:

• Between the Rue de la Lingerie and Rue de la Tonnellerie it was called from 1300 to the 17th century, Rue de la Chausseterie.
• Between the Rue de la Tonnellerie and the Rue de l' Arbre Sec they called Rue du Chastieu Festu (1300) or Rue du Château fetu.
• Between the Rue de l' Arbre Sec and the Rue du Rempart (not more exist ) it was called in the 13th and 14th centuries Rue de la Croix du Trahoir / Tiroir
• Rue du Traihoir / Traihouer / Trayoir / Trahoir / Triouer / Trioir.

In 1450 it was called Rue de la Chaussée Saint- Honoré.

• Between the Rue du Rempart and the rue Royale was her name Chemin de Clichy ( 1204)
• Grand Chemin Saint- Honoré ( 1283)
• Chaussée Saint- Honoré ( 1370 )
• Grand Chemin de la Porte Saint- Honoré ( 1392 )
• Chemin Royal ( 1393 )
• Nouvelle Rue Saint- Louis ( 1407)
• Grand'rue Saint- Louis ( 1421 )
• Rue Neuve Saint- Louis ( 1430)
• Grand'rue du Faubourg Saint- Honoré (1609 )
• Chaussée Saint- Honoré (1634 )
• Rue Neuve Saint- Honoré ( 1638)

1966, the part between the Palais Royal, the Théâtre Français and the Place André Malraux was renamed Place Colette.

Buildings on Rue Saint- Honoré

• (not more exist ) The south side of the hall between the Rue de la Lingerie and Rue de la Tonnellerie
• (not more exist ) The birthplace of Molière ( No. 90)
• (not more exist ) The old Porte Sainte- Honoré (No. 111), also Porte aux Aveugles ( Blindentor, see below) called
• Fontaine de la Croix du Trahoir (No. 111)
• Temple Protestant de l' Oratory du Louvre ( No. 145)
• Remains of the wall of Philip Augustus (No. 146, 148, 150)
• The (later transferred ) Home for the Blind Quinze - Vingts ( on the south side of the Place Colette )
• (not more exist ) The new Porte Saint- Honoré (No. 161 )
• Café de la Regence (No. 161 )
• (not more exist ) The church of Saint - Honoré ( between rue Croix des Petits -Champs and the Rue des Bons Enfants )
• Palais Royal ( No. 204) and the Comédie Française
• Hôtel Pussort in 1715 replaced by the Hôtel de Noailles, later Hôtel de Bertin (No. 211), the remains are now integrated into the Hôtel Saint- James et Albany
• Eglise de l' Assomption (No. 263, 265)
• Eglise Saint -Roch (No. 284)
• (not more exist ), the Jacobin monastery (No. 328), which housed the club of the Jacobins during the Revolution.
• Hôtel Vendôme ( No 360/ 364)